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Yuck! One Food I Will Never Eat

Mar 21, 2011Charles MargulisFood, Tips

After I wrote about some of the highly questionable practices in the beef industry, a colleague asked me if my kids eat fast food burgers. No, they don’t, I answered; in fact, I don’t think either of them (then ages three and eight) have ever had a hamburger, period....

Environmental Health California Voter’s Guide

Oct 29, 2010Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice

Of all the propositions on the ballot this November, there are two that you should make sure to watch out for if you care about environmental health. Big out-of-state oil, tobacco, and alcohol companies paid big bucks to have Proposition 23 and Proposition 26 added to...

Warning: Your Baby Contains Toxic Chemicals!

Oct 28, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Tips

Crossposted at SupernaturalMom.com Hundreds of toxic chemicals, including PCBs, DDT, endocrine disruptors, and dioxins — to name just a few — are showing up in mothers’ and their newborn babies’ bodies. These chemicals, found in everyday household products, can get...

Moving Past Pinkwashing: Breast Cancer Prevention Means Eliminating Toxics

Oct 22, 2010Ali Geering-KlineFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Today I bought a yogurt and opened it up to find a pink ribbon on the back of the lid next to the words “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”. For the last few years, these pink ribbons have been omnipresent in everything from media to food product packaging during the...

FAQ: Working to End Lead Threats to Children

Oct 14, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Update: After thinking it over for a day, WalMart decides to pull products nationwide. Yesterday, CEH announced our findings of high lead levels in children’s products from Target and WalMart. After nearly fifteen years of eliminating health hazards to children and...

Eco-Tip: Ten Everyday Toxics to Avoid

Oct 13, 2010Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Tips

Have you seen USA Today’s brand new health magazine Fresh? The first issue includes a list of “Top 10 toxins and how to protect your family.” When a widely-read mainstream publication like USA Today tackles a topic like this, everyone in the...

The Food Revolution Begins At Home

Oct 11, 2010Mary BruneChildren's Health, Food, Tips

I was a huge fan of cereal as a kid. Captain Crunch, Golden Grahams, and Lucky Charms were among my favorites. Magically delicious is right. If I didn’t know any better—and I’m not claiming that I do—I would think those miniature, jewel-colored...

Ohio Victory! Court Rules GMO Milk is Inferior to Natural Milk

Oct 4, 2010Charles MargulisFood

Last week an Ohio court gave supporters of natural, non-GMO food a tremendous victory. In reviewing two decades of scientific evidence, the court found that milk produced using Monsanto’s GMO hormone rBGH is inferior to natural milk, and thus the state could not...

GMO Salmon and the Banality of Corruption at FDA

Sep 22, 2010Charles MargulisFood

Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting on its preliminary assessment that genetically engineered (GMO) salmon are safe to eat. A couple weeks prior, the agency released eleven years’ worth of data on the GMO fish, giving consumer and...

Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) Comes to CEH!

Sep 13, 2010Mary BruneChildren's Health

What’s going on behind the scenes at the Center for Environmental Health right now? Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re teaming up with another great non-profit just as concerned with protecting the public from toxic chemicals as we are—Making Our Milk...